קָרָהqârâh
קָרָה: encounter, meet, befall
Pronunciation: kaw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7136
Meanings
Qal
1. encounter, meet (Deuteronomy 25:18; Ruth 2:3)
2. befall (Genesis 44:29; 1 Samuel 28:10; Numbers 11:23)
Niph`al
1. encounter, meet, without pre-arrangement, usually of ׳ י (God) (Exodus 3:18; Numbers 23:4; Numbers 23:16)
2. chance to be present (2 Samuel 1:6)
Hiph`il
1. of ׳ י cause (the right thing, good fortune) to occur (Genesis 27:20; Genesis 24:12)
2. of Israel (Numbers 35:11)
קָרָה: Pi`el: lay the beams of, furnish with beams (Nehemiah 3:3; Nehemiah 3:6; Nehemiah 2:8)
Same root
- מִקְרֶהmiqreh · H4745something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune
- מְקָרֶהmᵉqâreh · H4746properly, something meeting, i.e. a frame (of timbers)
- קָרֶהqâreh · H7137an (unfortunate) occurrence, i.e. some accidental (ceremonial) disqualification
- קְרִיqᵉrîy · H7147hostile encounter
- קִרְיָהqiryâh · H7151building; a city
- קֶרֶתqereth · H7176a city
Where it appears
Appears 27 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 24:12 “O Lord, God of my master, Abraham,” he prayed. “Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham.
- Genesis 27:20 Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The Lord your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied.
- Genesis 42:29 When the brothers came to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that had happened to them.
- Genesis 44:29 Now if you take his brother away from me, and any harm comes to him, you will send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.’
- Exodus 3:18 “The elders of Israel will accept your message. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord, our God.’
- Numbers 11:23 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Has my arm lost its power? Now you will see whether or not my word comes true!”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).